Notre Dame Planetary Geologist Clive Neal stops by the podcast for a terrifically candid discussion of why the Moon has to be the first stop en route to Mars. We talk about why the Moon holds the key to the new Space Economy; the prospects for NASA making its 2024 Artemis mission deadline; and, why lunar samples are still being analyzed 50 years hence. Why more lunar samples and lunar seismometers are keys to understanding our inner solar system. And why it’s imperative that we revisit the Moon in a permanent way if we are ever to make Mars our own. We also mull over the politics of all of this three weeks away from a pivotal presidential election.
Episode 67 --- Mysteries Of The Lunar Surface
Episode 66 --- The Big Questions About The Cosmos And Our Existence
Episode 65 --- The Future Of Supersonic, Hypersonic and Suborbital Passenger Flight
Episode 64 --- The Long-Forgotten Tragedy Of The Arctic Airship Italia
Episode 63 --- Getting Real About the Social and Psychological Challenges of Long-Term Space Missions
Episode 62 --- The Link Between Ancient Astrochemistry And Life On Earth
Episode 61 --- Could A Snowball Earth Happen Again?
Episode 60 --- Why Our Human Brain Is Undeniably Unique In The Cosmos
Episode 59 --- Einstein’s Little-Appreciated Window Onto Far Flung Exoplanets
Episode 58 --- How The Unsung ‘Moon Buggy’ Saved The Final Three Apollo Missions
Episode 57 --- Why Our Earth Is Still One Of A Kind
Episode 56 --- The Case For Antimatter Propulsion
Episode 55 --- How Ford’s Tri-Motor Airplane Helped Create The Airline Industry of Today.
Episode 54 --- What Nearby Stellar Open Clusters Are Still Teaching Us
Episode 53 --- John Glenn, JFK and the Cold War's New Frontier
Episode 52 --- The Unexpected Origins of Life's Genetic Code
Episode 51 --- Our Sun's Ultimate Endgame
Episode 50 --- How Humans Can Use Bioengineering To Move Off-World
Episode 49 --- The Dangerous Downside of Airliner Automation
Episode 48 --- Mapping Laniakea, Our Home Supercluster Of Galaxies
Join Podbean Ads Marketplace and connect with engaged listeners.
Advertise Today
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Crash Course Pods: The Universe
Universe Today Podcast
The Astro Ben Podcast
The Supermassive Podcast
This Week in Space (Audio)